word | aquanaut |
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definition | A scuba diver who lives and works both inside and outside an underwater shelter for an extended time. |
eg_sentence | Each scientist at the laboratory spent two weeks a year as an aquanaut living in the deep-sea station. |
explanation | Aquanaut combines aqua with the Greek nautes, meaning “sailor.” Like astronaut and aeronaut, the word may remind you of those mythical Greek heroes known as the Argonauts, who sailed with Jason on his ship, the Argo, in quest of the Golden Fleece. Various underwater habitats for aquanauts, such as Conshelf, SEALAB, and MarineLab, have captured the public imagination since the 1960s |
IPA | ˈɑkwəˌnɑt |
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